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---- Begin Original Message ---- From: <bdi@wh*.ne*> Sent: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 21:26:33 +1000 To: techdiver@aquanaut.com Subject: hugo, the man behind the mouth. Hugo the Red Sea Clown might be good for a laugh but as an instroketor he is a seriously dangerous piece of shit. In case anyone has any doubts as to how dangerous, read on. rgds =A0 billyw <description of Hugo's antics snipped> ---- End Original Message ---- Billy, Not to take sides here, but in the real world, cases like Hugo's are th= e norm, not the exception, I fear. They dive in a seemingly haphazard wa= y and survive by pure chance and guts. The edge better dive equipment an= d another mentality would give them, is wasted on them. Let's hope the arrival of GUE can give us a new breed of instructors. P= eople who first look at safety and their client , not the quick dollar = to be earned or lost. Instructors should realize this. Especially in regions were competition is tough, like Egypt, this tends= to be forgotten from time to time. Hugo will have to adapt or he will b= e bypassed for others who evolve and try to make diving safer, even if t= hat means to say 'No' to people who want to go to depths of 50-60 metres= on air. Nowadays, if Hugo says 'No, I'm sorry but I will only go to 40 = metres on air', he gets laughed at and people go to the next dive-centre= .. Thats the reality and its a bitter one. Especially with the trend to go for those deeper, longer, 'techier' div= es, it is important that the quality of instruction is brought up to a h= igher level and responsabilities are being taken, not ONLY by the instru= ctors but ALSO by the divers who force the instructors into doing things= they probabaly shouldn't. Its called peer pressure I believe . As responsible divers we can help here by choosing an instructor or a d= ivecentre which is reliable and has a good safety record. Also, when you= are committed to diving DIR, choose only DIR centres or don't dive or s= tick with shallower rec diving. After all, it's ultimately your butt tha= ts on the line. We still have a long way to go I'm afraid... Thats why I was asking about the list of DIR- minded dive centres a whi= le back (btw, the list is being finished and should be available here so= on - dixit Richard Hollingsworth - thanks Richard) Just my opinion here, but what do other people feel about this? rgrds Adri KC Haine aka: darkangel@en*.co* (www based) ahaine@ce*.be* (non www based) "All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream" Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) .. Get your Free E-mail at http://deeperblue.zzn.com _______________________________________________________________________= ____ ZapZone brought to you by LookSmart: http://www.beseen.com/email/index.= html -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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